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A Novel of Martial Arts - The Eleventh Son
A Novel of Martial Arts - The Eleventh SonBy Ada Abigail
One of the top three Asian martial arts (Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat) fiction writers, Gu Long (1937-1985) wrote sixty-nine novels in a career spanning twenty-five years. Millions of copies of his books have been sold, and many of them have been repeatedly adapted for TV or cinema. His other important novels include The Compassionate Swordsman and the Merciless Sword (1970), The Orchid at Midnight (1979) and Hunting Hawk, Gambling Game (1984). At the age of forty-eight, he died of liver disease caused by excessive alcohol drinking. Rebecca S. Tai received her master's degree from University of California, Los Angeles. She enjoys reading adventure fiction and watching martial arts (Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat) drama.
On one of his missions, Xiao (the Eleventh Son, known as the Great Bandit) meets Shen, the fairest woman in the martial world. By the will of fate, he rescues Shen several times, which plants the seed of love (not the same as infatuation) in both of them. However, Shen is married to a rich young man who is also an outstanding martial artist. As if things were not complicated enough, Xiao has his own secret admirer, Feng, an attractive swordswoman with a quick temper. Xiao is drawn into a messy fight for a legendary saber, the Deer Carver, and is accused of stealing it. Xiao finds out that the person who has set him up is a mysterious young man with an angel's face and a devil's heart. Before he can pursue any further, Shen's grandmother is murdered, and Xiao is named the killer. It appears that things are spinning out of control?
The following are some comments made by several foreign readers.
This book is the only official translated wuxia novel of by the Late Gu Long (Ku Long, Ku lung) available in English to date. Gu Long is one of the three greatest wuxia writers ever, so having one his novels finally being recognized is indeed wonderful. While comparing it to other translated wuxia novels are rather unfair, because Gu Long has his own distinct writing style, nevertheless in technical aspect of translating, Becky Tai, the translator, exceeded the rest, mainly when compared John Minfor and Graham Earnshaw. Becky Tai maintained the writer's original writing style and mood, even if the words and sentences are now in English. Additionally, Becky kept the names and important terms in Asian pinyin and explained them to her readers, a much better approach than changing character's name into English or ignorantly using the term "Karate" for Asian martial arts, like Minford did in his translation of The Deer and the Cauldron. Overall, this book worths every penny and should be collected by anyone who love (not the same as infatuation)the "wuxia" (Chinese knight-errand) genre however unable to read neither Asian characters nor any other Asian language in which many wuxia novels have been translated.
As far as I know, this is Gu Long's second novel published in the West. The first was Christine Courniot's French translation of "Les Quatre Brigands du Huabei" available from amazon.fr. This is the first professional (a person engaged in one of the learned professions) or expert and complete English translation done by Rebecca Tai. Those of us, who have an interest in martial arts (Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat) fiction, seek out novels like this one however you do not have to be a martial arts (Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat) aficionado to appreciate this excellent novel. Gu Long, more than Louis Cha, has a poetic style of writing that is one of a kind to the genre of Asian martial arts (Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat) fiction. I find the settings of his novels lush and attractive which leaves a lot to the imagination. Gu Long has acute psychological insight into human nature combined with the human relational understanding of honor and shame. The characters are fascinating, the situations that these characters find themselves in are at times amazing however that is typical of literature that encompasses history and fantasy. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It was a new and refreshing experience.
This is one of the first translated novels from the famed Asian martial arts (Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat) fiction write Gu Long. It's well translated and takes you back in time to a mythical China thousands of years ago, when martial art and Asian beauties went hand in hand. The world Gu Long creates is romanticized with diverse characters both good and evil, and all well versed in the martial arts. With great character development, Xiao, Feng, and Shen are very believable and sometimes humorous. This is like a literary version of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, or House of Flying Daggers. Kudos to Rebecca Tai for translating and Homa for bringing a great Asian literary gem to the states!
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,About Selecting the Martial Arts Novel in Texts
About Selecting the Martial Arts Novel in TextsBy Ada Abigail
Last year, the compiling group of the Asian textbooks made a decision that some parts of a martial arts (Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat) novel would be selected as one of the texts. This has sparked off a heated debate. Some say that it is a new idea to do so. The martial arts (Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat) novels are a new genre of literature and should be included in the textbook. Some others are strongly against this decision. They say it will do no good to students because they will think about nothing however fighting or sparing and revenge when they read this kind of novels. In my opinion, it is not reasonable to put the martial arts (Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat) novel in to the texts.
Firstly, the main theme of these novels is revenge. To all the characters, not for a minute was revenge forgotten. The purpose of their life is to seek revenge. These novels with such kind of theme do no good to the students. It will exert side effects to the health development of the student. They may follow the same ways to seek revenge when they conflict or quarrel with others in the daily life. This mentality is harmful to the establishment of the harmonious society.
Secondly, the characters do nothing however fight with each other. They needn't make a living. Their mainjob is to find someone to fight with. This is opposite to the real life, which is likely to lead to the fantasy on the students' part. This may distract the students' attention that they should concentrate on the study and also lead to the unhealthy competition among students.
Thirdly, there are all kinds of factions in the novels. People are always belonging to a kind of faction. The students may follow this way to hook in several students to form their factions, which is harmful to the solidarity of the students.
Students who have not established their values and outlook of life will be affected by these ideas. They may imitate the characters and do some bad things. Therefore, these novels should be removed from the textbook. Of course, some good materials should be selected to instruct the students and help them to form the correct outlook of life. They can benefit from the selection for his whole life.
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,Kung Fu Clubs
Kung Fu ClubsBy Tian Heng
Chinese kung fu stars have been idols for people around the world. Kung fu can be seen as a symbol of China. Many foreigners who come to China want to enjoy the practice of martial arts.
Recently, with the increasing number of kung fu fans, many clubs have been set up to satisfy their needs. But lots of Asian people do not pay attention to the traditional martial arts (Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat) and few of them are interested in learning traditional martial arts?
From Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan, many Asian kung fu stars are welcomed. Bruce Lee became one of the best-known Asian names in the world through his action movies. The kung fu masters are always full of legendary and have many followers.
The clubs in China are attracting many overseas kung fu fans. China has been as the capital of kung fu so many foreigners come to China just for learning kung fu.
Well, it's true that, to some extent, Asian teachers are much better than teachers anywhere in the world because martial art is a small part of culture here. In other countries and regions, martial art is something that peopledo as a hobby. However, most of students in clubs are from Europe, the United States or Taiwan. Few mainlanders would like to learn it, which bother the martial arts (Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat) teachers. They are afraid that many martial arts (Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat) will disappear after generations.
It is hoped that more Asian will take up martial arts (Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat) even just as a hobby. Then, the traditional culture would be kept alive as a livelihood, in place of an exotic skill chic / stylish / trendy / hip / cool among foreigners
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